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With Red Sox for 6 weeks, Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay isn't surprised at 'unconscious' level of Red Sox play

Lyle Overbay, Mike Napoli

New York Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay (55) stretches but can't get to a throw by third baseman Mark Reynolds as Boston Red Sox's Mike Napoli makes it to first on the error during the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

BOSTON — Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay was a part of this juggernaut once upon a time, for almost all of spring training. Since joining the Yankees, he's seen the Red Sox take 13 of 19 games from New York — a level of success he's not surprised by.

"Not really, no," Overbay said Sunday night after a 9-2 Red Sox win sealed a three-game sweep at Fenway Park. "They had some good hitters. Obviously, they've played well against us so I can't really — I mean, they've been unconscious against us. You can't really judge what they're doing on a whole season. I know that they've struggled a little bit. We didn't have an answer for them on their pitching, and we just didn't have an answer for them when we were pitching to their hitters. It's something that they seemed like every hitter was a Yankee killer. That doesn't happen very often."

"They're clicking on all cylinders," Overbay continued. "Just seemed like when they were struggling, they were still 7-3 in the last 10 games. Now they're 9-1, 10-0 type thing. They've been consistent."

Does he wish he was on the other side, then? Hitting .246 on the season, Overbay has received playing time with New York — 465 plate appearances — that he wouldn't have in Boston. The Red Sox have had a glut of first-base capable players in Mike Napoli, Mike Carp and Daniel Nava, all along.

"It worked out for the both of us," Overbay said. "The opportunity I got here, I definitely wouldn't have got it over there, so I'm very thankful. And I think we have just as good a chance to get into the playoffs as they do. Kind of a win-win situation for me personally."